![]() By contrast, performances and competitive balance are hard to define in road cycling. It postulates the necessity of equilibrium between the teams in a league in order to guarantee uncertainty of outcome and thus generate public demand. In the economics of professional team sports leagues, the concept of competitive balance is well documented. These suggest that the cyclists need the ability to choose an appropriate speed and distance from other cyclists depending on the situation. Regarding the leader velocity and the speed difference between the leader and the main group, the state of the group was not uniquely determined by the speed difference, and the influence of the speed difference for separation or recombination depended on the state that is, there was asymmetry in separation and recombination in a points race. It was also examined whether the separation and recombination processes had a phenomenon such as a hysteresis depending on the present state. As a result, it was found that the distribution of the leader’s velocity and the speed difference significantly differed when the groups were separated and recombined compared to when the state did not change. We focused on the transition between the four states of peloton configuration (dense state, stretched state, divided state, and escape and dense state) defined by previous studies that occur during the points race. The candidate descriptive parameters were the speed of the leading cyclist and the main group and the difference between their time and speed. ![]() This study examined the descriptive parameters for separation and recombination processes in a cycling points race. When supply-side physiological factors are incorporated, the maximum sustainable speed and maximum lead time can be calculated. The question addressed is: what factors determine how great a lead the breakaway must have in order for the chasing group to be unable to catch the breakaway before the finish of the race? Demand-side simulations show that the critical factors are: the distance remaining in the race the speed of the breakaway group the number of riders in the chasing and breakaway groups: how closely riders in each group draft one another the grade surface roughness as well as head- and cross-winds. Of course, this advantage is even greater in the (larger) chasing group, so that eventually the chasing group will catch the breakaway, assuming identical bicycles and physiological characteristics. The benefit of drafting can be quantified as a function of the distance between riders using previously obtained data. In a breakaway group, the power required to overcome air resistance is reduced because the lead can be shared, with trailing riders sheltering or drafting behind leading riders. A mathematical approach is used, drawing on a model of cycling previously developed and validated (Olds et al. This paper examines the factors that affect the likelihood of success for the breakaway. In cycling stage races a small group of riders will often form a "breakaway" and establish a lead over the main group.
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